Word: intendent
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...exception of making credit easier, the Administration's antirecession measures have principally been couched in terms of plans of things to come, and will probably not be in full swing until the end of 1958. Behind the plans lie the implicit promise that the policymakers do not intend to let things get worse. But behind the promise lies the persistent hope of the President's economic advisers -backed up, according to persistent report, by the long-distance voice of ex-Treasury Secretary George Humphrey-that the economy is really healthier than it looks and should begin...
...promised an "enthusiastic campaign" for the election of all "nationalist democratic candidates" in October's congressional elections. The thought of Prestes' votes whetted political thirsts in Congress; five days later the judge who has jurisdiction over Prestes' case decided that the Communist leader "does not intend to flee from application of the penal law," and revoked the arrest order. Above ground, Prestes will probably strive for re-establishment of Brazilian diplomatic relations with Russia, legality for his party, increased membership. During his last period of freedom, from 1945 to 1947, he built membership from...
...Baskin. The Georgia gentlemen's reason for firing her [for letting one of her white students ride in a Negro bus] is undoubtedly the most shocking revelation of ignorance displayed in the South to date. But let's give Mrs. Baskin a break. She did not intend to promote interracial matrimony; she merely permitted a nine-year-old white boy to get home in time for supper...
...Newspaper, staid Corriere della Sera got its start and its name as an evening paper, now comes out in two editions every morning. It runs no comic strips, gossip columns or guessing games, clings solidly to the aim outlined in its first issue 82 years ago: "We intend to be the faithful mirror of the world...
...rest will be shipped abroad to get precious foreign currency, or turned over to party members. Even at the official price tag of 27,000 kroner, a new car represents almost 100 weeks' wages for the average Czech worker. In the case of the Tatra, which the Czechs intend to produce again this year after a long interruption, the price will be 200,000 kroner-$28,000 at the official exchange rate...